A four star cottage property on Kikenni Drive in Greater Nairobi, 11.31 km from Upper Hill and Community, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is built for guests with a car who want a fenced garden, a kitchen and quiet, and it is wrong for anyone who wants to walk out into the centre.
01What it is
Pumbaa Farmhouse Cottages is a four star property on Kikenni Drive in Greater Nairobi. The list is long and leans residential: a kitchen and kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, washing machine, iron and board, plus a fireplace and lounge that suggest the cottages are meant for longer stays. Outside there is a garden, terrace, patio and picnic area, an outdoor pool with a pool bar, and dry land extras of golf course and horse back riding nearby. Practical items are covered: free wifi, free car parking, 24H security, smoke detector, first aid, housekeeping, laundry, luggage storage, concierge, shuttle and car rental. Thin patches: no gym, no business centre, no restaurant beyond the bar and breakfast, and no detail on how many rooms or cottages the property holds.
For the right guest, Pumbaa Farmhouse Cottages works as a base rather than a hotel you linger in. You keep a car, you park it free, you cook if you want, and you come back to a garden and a pool instead of a lobby. Accessibility is listed, and non smoking rooms, a safe and a desk cover the working stay. The wrong guest is anyone without a car who expects the centre on foot. Greater Nairobi here is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Treat the cottages as a self contained stay and it holds up.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 29 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Pumbaa Farmhouse Cottages if you want a fenced, self contained cottage base in Greater Nairobi with parking and a kitchen, and book the car with it. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. Nobody from this site has stayed here; the quarter copy around it is this site's own.
06Questions
Where is Pumbaa Farmhouse Cottages?+
It sits at 50 Kikenni Drive in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. The site measures it at 11.31 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on reaching the centre by car, not on foot.
What does the property actually have on site?+
The listed facilities include an outdoor pool with a pool bar, garden, terrace, patio, picnic area, free wifi, free car parking, 24H security, housekeeping, laundry, luggage storage, concierge, shuttle and car rental. Cottages list a kitchen or kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster and washing machine.
Can I stay here without a car?+
It is possible but it defeats the point. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. A shuttle service and car rental are listed, so ask the property about both before you commit.
How do I check availability for specific dates?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search your dates through app.impt.io, where you can also see the cancellation terms for each room. The property is small and cottage based, so confirm the unit you want rather than assuming a standard room.
